WATERBURY -- AT&T Inc. plans to cut about 70 jobs and close its operator services unit at 348 Grand St. by mid-December, a union official said Tuesday.

Bill Henderson, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1298, said the telecommunications company informed the union and employees on Friday and Monday that it will eliminate about 50 positions at its operator services unit here and about 20 operator positions in New London.

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